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Francis Winter’s Last Farewell

Posted on 16/06/2010 by John

In 1691, the lawyers of The Temple, itself a liberty, sought to block up a gate connecting it to Whitefriars. The Alsatians, seeing this as an impediment to their movements in and out of their sanctuary, raised a mob, attacked … Continue reading →

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Laroon’s “Squire of Alsatia”

Posted on 26/08/2009 by John

Marcellus Laroon was born in 1649 in the Hague, and brought to Britain by his father, an artist, around 1660. After serving an apprenticeship as a painter and working in Yorkshire, he settled in London around the mid 1670s, setting … Continue reading →

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